The phone is set to feature a 5-inch body and 3D sensors capable of taking a quarter of a million measurements every second. Google intends for these sensors to work with mobile games and apps related to navigation.

Project Tango smartphones has an almost human understanding of space/motion and the device will always know where it’s located in the real world. Basically, Google’s experimental smartphone is the future of augmented reality. The phone can even create a virtual map of your entire living room in what looks like real-time. Project Tango seems to take the augmented reality gaming concepts Nintendo and Sony have developed with their portable consoles, the 3DS and PlayStation Vita, to another level.

In terms of aesthetic design, Project Tango looks very simple.

The first 200 prototypes of the phone are set to distributed to a limited group of developers in mid-March. In true Google fashion, this selection of developers will be hand-picked by the company. You can apply for a prototype on Project Tango’s website and it’s expected the device will play a large role at Google’s upcoming I/O developer conference, taking place from June 25 to the 26.

The project is being developed by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group.

According to a recent Google+ post by the project’s technical lead, Johnny Lee, “The goal of Project Tango is to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion.”